The rapid rise of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and recharging infrastructure in Europe, driven by the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation (AFIR) and the revised Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), underscores the need for robust fire safety measures in covered parking...

Der aktuelle Vorschlag der EU-Kommission, den Verkauf von Fahrzeugen ohne gültige Hauptuntersuchung zu untersagen, zielt auf Umwelt- und Sicherheitsziele - verfehlt dabei jedoch zentrale ökonomische und politökonomische Realitäten. Der vorliegende Policy Impuls zeigt auf, wie die Maßnahme...

Sleep deprivation imposes significant public health and economic burdens. While researchers studying events like daylight saving time have quantified the impacts of population-wide sleep shifts, less is known about the consequences of acute, voluntary, and recreation-driven sleep loss. This...

The EU Commission is planning an annual general inspection for cars over ten years old in order to increase road safety. This Policy Impulse analyzes the measure from an economic perspective and shows: The planned regulation hardly achieves any safety-relevant effects, but causes considerable...

This study presents an exploratory analysis of the key factors contributing to fatal and severe crashes on German motorways. We employ Poisson and Negative Binomial regression models, combined with Lasso regularization and stability selection, to explore model specifications incorporating...

This study evaluates injuries, disabilities, deaths, and associated costs resulting from traffic crashes in Brazil, while suggesting policies to reduce long-term disability and societal impact. In addition to estimating the costs associated with RTIs, the study also addresses factors within the...

Die EU-Kommission plant eine jährliche Hauptuntersuchung für PKW ab zehn Jahren, um die Verkehrssicherheit zu erhöhen. Dieser Policy Impuls analysiert die Maßnahme aus ökonomischer Perspektive und zeigt: Die geplante Regelung erzielt kaum sicherheitsrelevante Effekte, verursacht aber...

The European Commission highlights hydrogen as an important energy carrier and chemical feedstock that could help decarbonise sectors otherwise deemed hard-to-abate. Europe's existing natural gas grid is seen as a promising asset to repurpose for the transportation of hydrogen. This technical...

The rapid rise of e-scooters (electric scooters) in cities around the world, boosted by the introduction of shared e-scooter services has visibly reshaped the way people move around cities, sparking both excitement and controversy. With the increase in popularity of these vehicles, concerns...

Abu Dhabi, the largest emirate in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has a diverse population of 2.908 million, with 81% being non-Emiratis from various global regions. This diversity in demographics introduces a complex driving environment with varying skills and experiences, particularly as the...

Embora as mortes e lesões no trânsito imponham grandes custos econômicos e sociais tanto para indivíduos quanto para países, os formuladores de políticas públicas muitas vezes desconhecem a extensão total desses custos ao tomar decisões sobre investimentos em infraestrutura, saúde e...

This research examines the factors that influence the safety climate in the maritime industry, focusing on employee competence, use of safety equipment, and safety training in Indonesian shipping companies. The research proposes that variations in ship operations contribute to different levels...

Background: Truck drivers are a vital workforce sustaining Thailand's freight transport, particularly in Northeastern Thailand (Isan), a major logistics hub connecting with Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia via Highway No. 2 and the AEC network. However, these drivers face disproportionately high...

Background: Air traffic control is a stressful job and vital to aviation safety. Although technological developments have been introduced to enhance and facilitate the tasks of air traffic control officers (ATCOs), ATCOs still experience high levels of job stress. This study explores the...

Urban cycling tourism represents a cornerstone of sustainable mobility strategies aimed at reducing motorised travel and improving environmental and social well-being in cities. However, despite the crucial role of safety in encouraging cycling uptake, research has seldom examined how urban bike...

Using administrative Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) data, matched with the UK Household Longitudinal Study (covering the period between 2013 and 2015), we estimate income-related inequalities in ownership of safer cars. We also apply regression-based decompositions to explore the...

This report is one of the visible results of the activities of the European Union Agency for Railways (ERA) in monitoring safety levels and performance. It is also part of the Agency's effort to provide its stakeholders with a comprehensive overview of the development of railway safety and...

In 2022, 20 640 people were killed in road accidents in the EU, with pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists particularly at risk. The EU aims at halving road fatalities and serious injuries by 2030 and getting close to zero by 2050. We assessed whether the Commission had been effective at...

In 2022, 20 640 people were killed in road accidents in the EU, with pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists particularly at risk. The EU aims at halving road fatalities and serious injuries by 2030 and getting close to zero by 2050. We assessed whether the Commission had been effective at...

Despite the proliferation of new types of personal mobility devices (PMDs) coming to the market in recent years there is no harmonised European regulations to govern their technical characteristics beyond the general requirements contained in the Machinery Regulation. The aim of this project was...

Despite the proliferation of new types of personal mobility devices (PMDs) coming to the market in recent years there is no harmonised European regulations to govern their technical characteristics beyond the general requirements contained in the Machinery Regulation. The aim of this project was...

Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) are essential to achieving the EU's vision of seamless transport for both passengers and freight. The availability of 'open' and high quality transport data will provide substantial improvements in performance of transport networks, operations and services,...

Bike accidents on roads have become a significant concern nowadays. People suffer due to the tragic consequences of road accidents due to the reluctance of bike riders to wear proper helmets, reflecting their lack of awareness, leading to fatalities. This study addresses classification and...

This study analyzes how the willingness to pay (WTP) for a risk reduction for traffic accidents varies depending on the specific traffic safety measures and whether they are framed as public or private goods. Building on previous studies, we designed and conducted a contingent valuation survey...

This study analyzes how the willingness to pay (WTP) for a risk reduction for traffic accidents varies depending on the specific traffic safety measures and whether they are framed as public or private goods. Building on previous studies, we designed and conducted a contingent valuation survey...

In March 2022 the JRC (Units B.6, C.4, E.3) organized an Exploratory Workshop entitled "Toward explainable, robust, and fair AI in automated and autonomous vehicles", bringing together experts in fields such as Trustworthy AI, autonomous driving, and vehicle testing. This report summarizes the...

Regulation (EU) 2018/8581. establishes the role and obligations of economic operators, Member States and the European Commission regarding the type approval and compliance of motor vehicles placed on the EU market. Article 2 of the regulation provides the measures needed when automotive products...

In early 2023 a Norfolk Southern train carrying vinyl chloride - a hazardous chemical - derailed near East Palestine, Ohio. The derailment resulted in five of the cars carrying the chemical spilling their contents, which contaminated air and groundwater and forced the evacuation of several...

Current “safe enough” Autonomous Vehicle (AV) metrics focus on overall safety outcomes such as net losses across a deployed vehicle fleet using driving automation, compared to net losses assuming outcomes produced by human driven vehicles. While such metrics can provide an important report...

Traffic courts are deeply important, but we know almost nothing about what goes on inside them. There are at least three reasons to care. First, traffic courts resolve over half of all cases brought into our justice system each year. Understanding how traffic courts work is thus crucial for...

Traffic safety has been a persistent societal and public policy challenge. Conventional law enforcement by human police is often cost-ineffective due to the information asymmetry and negative externality that arise from unsafe driving behaviors. Recent decades have seen a rise of automated...

In a recent article, Guerra et al. (2022c) considered the problem of liability for accidents caused by the activity of robots, proposing a novel liability regime, which they referred to as ‘manufacturer’s residual liability.’ Under this regime, injurers (robot operators) and victims are...

Background: Road safety policies (RSPs) have emerged worldwide. Yet, while an important group of RSPs have been regarded as necessary to reduce traffic crashes and their consequences, the impact of others remain inconclusive. To advance knowledge on this debate, this article focuses on the...